Monday night game still on target to be coldest regular season outing in club history

CHICAGO – Two hours and 40 minutes before kickoff, Monday night’s game with the Bears remains on target to be the coldest regular season outing in Cowboys’ history.

The temperature at Soldier Field is 16 degrees and should be even lower when the game kicks off at 7:40 p.m. With winds at 16 mph, wind chill is expected to be 2.

The Cowboys’ coldest regular season game – 16 degrees – was at St. Louis on Dec. 15, 1963, with Dallas besting the Cardinals, 28-24. The club’s coldest game ever – minus 13 – was the famed “Ice Bowl,” the NFL title game the Cowboys lost 21-17 at Green Bay on Dec. 31, 1967.

A media member who was recently down on the field reports that it was in good condition. A few members of the Bears are on the field now testing the grass.

It’s a clear night, no rain, snow or fog. Just very, very cold and windy.